Martin Herbert, 37, was found unresponsive in the jail's shower area at 7:58 p.m. WednesdaySept. 26, said Patricia Mosley, assistant commissioner of correction for the Onondaga County Correction Department. He was pronounced dead at Crouse Hospital at 12:34 a.m. Sept. 27.

Mosley refused to say whether Herbert was on suicide watch. She did not know why he was in jail and believed he had been in prison since July.

"An investigation by the Onondaga County Sheriff's department began immediately and is still ongoing," Mosley said.

The incident was reported to the New York State Commission of Correction, Mosley said.

There have been no other suicides at the Jamesville facility this year, Mosley said. She did not have information on suicides last year.

The incident will spur a review of the facilities procedures and policies, she said.